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Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:00:01 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Big Changes in Web and Video Conferencinghttp://blog.fuze.com/big-changes-web-video-conferencing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-changes-web-video-conferencing
http://blog.fuze.com/big-changes-web-video-conferencing/#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 14:00:01 +0000http://blog.fuze.com/?p=23735 Questions with David Mario Smith, Aragon Research Aragon Research recently published its Globe for Web and Video Conferencing, naming Fuze one of the top innovators. We sat down with David Mario Smith, research director and lead analyst, to discuss the major trends impacting the web and video conferencing market and key considerations for customers

Aragon Research recently published its Globe for Web and Video Conferencing, naming Fuze one of the top innovators. We sat down with David Mario Smith, research director and lead analyst, to discuss the major trends impacting the web and video conferencing market and key considerations for customers evaluating the myriad of available offerings.

Fuze: Aragon Research is one of the first analyst firms to evaluate the web and video conferencing markets together. Why do you think this is important?

David Mario Smith (DMS): There has been a convergence around web and video conferencing for some time now. The ability to share your content, screen and have the visual cues of seeing people should not be separated. Also it needs to be mobile enabled. These applications should not be in silo, but part of an overall holistic offering.

Fuze: What are the key trends buyers should be aware of?

DMS: So with the convergence of web and video conferencing, access via cloud and mobile devices is a key requirement. Cloud and mobile have democratized who can provide collaboration capabilities and also who can access. Buyers are looking for ease of access. With that we are seeing the rise of business leaders procuring web and video conferencing and overall collaboration technologies.

Fuze: How important is the connection between mobile devices, desktops and meeting rooms?

DMS: Workers today are increasingly mobile and remote. There has to be a seamless transition between the office and on the go. With a mobile device, wherever you are becomes your office. That is crucial to the new wave of mobile workers. They need the same level of access and capabilities from their desktop to their mobile device. Also, workspaces have to be more collaboration enabled. There is a move toward collaborative workspaces which entail video-enabling conference rooms. Usually investments in expensive hardware systems dictate only a certain amount of rooms can be video-enabled. With cloud and software-based video offerings, even small huddle rooms can be video-enabled at very low costs. We predict that by 2020 50% of conference rooms will be digital and video-enabled. We are around only 10% today.

“50% of conference rooms will be digital and video-enabled by 2020.”
– David Mario Smith, Aragon Research

Fuze: How should companies go about selecting a vendor?
DMS: Vendor selection first has to come down to best fit for the organization. Companies have to match their needs versus what the vendor can offer to support it. Technology selection has to be outcome based, meaning it has to be focused on supporting specific business outcomes. Also companies have to look at and request the vendor’s current capabilities and roadmap for future developments in cloud and mobile collaboration.

Fuze: You wrote a related report about total cost of ownership (TCO) for web and video conferencing. How are the economics changing?

DMS: So carrying on from how companies have to select vendors, total cost of ownership is very important. Companies have to understand the total cost of ownership and return on investment with web and video conferencing investments. Organizations are realizing significant savings by moving to cloud-based web and video conferencing options. In comparing TCO of traditional video conferencing systems vs. software-based web and video conferencing solutions, organizations stand to save between 15% and 50% over the first 1-3 years alone.

“Comparing TCO of traditional video conferencing systems vs. software-based
web and video conferencing solutions, organizations stand
to save between 15% and 50% over the first 1-3 years alone.”
– David Mario Smith, Aragon Research

]]>http://blog.fuze.com/big-changes-web-video-conferencing/feed/0Fuze for Rooms Puts Pressure on Incumbent Video Conferencing Vendors (Aragon Research)http://blog.fuze.com/fuze-for-rooms-puts-pressure-on-incumbent-video-conferencing-vendors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fuze-for-rooms-puts-pressure-on-incumbent-video-conferencing-vendors
http://blog.fuze.com/fuze-for-rooms-puts-pressure-on-incumbent-video-conferencing-vendors/#commentsThu, 13 Nov 2014 15:00:35 +0000http://blog.fuze.com/?p=2316Fuze for Rooms is shaking up the video conferencing industry. David Mario Smith, research director, Aragon Research posted his analysis of how Fuze for Rooms is changing the way customers are thinking about room-based video conferencing. Read the report here: Aragon Research First Cut: Fuze Entry into the Video Conferencing Room Signals a New Price

]]>Fuze for Rooms is shaking up the video conferencing industry. David Mario Smith, research director, Aragon Research posted his analysis of how Fuze for Rooms is changing the way customers are thinking about room-based video conferencing. Read the report here:

Fuze for Rooms is quickly gaining traction, complementing and often replacing traditional room-based video conferencing and telepresence systems. It allows you to video-enable any room using off-the-shelf hardware, providing an immersive video experience.

ThoughtWorks, a global technology consultancy with 3,000 employees in 13 countries and 32 offices is expanding its use of Fuze.

“With clients and projects distributed across the globe, it’s critical for us to be able to work effectively across a range of locations and contexts,” said David Whalley, CIO, ThoughtWorks. “We see a strong alignment with Fuze in our vision for a globally connected workforce. Fuze provides a consistent experience across devices, desktops and meeting rooms. We are expanding our usage to cover the entire organization.”

Here are seven reasons why customers are so excited about Fuze for Rooms:

1) Consistent, desirable user experience across desktops, devices and meeting rooms - Fuze for Rooms is the same Fuze service, but optimized for meeting room environments, which means users are already comfortable using it and don’t require special training or hand-holding to launch calls in meeting rooms.

2) Great quality and performance with low IT requirements – Fuze features the highest-quality HD video conferencing experience for video, voice and content shared during a meeting. Because it is a cloud-based service, we reduce headaches for IT and provide centralized provisioning, controls and analytics.

3) Video-enable more meeting spaces - small to large, boardrooms to huddle rooms. Fuze for Rooms delivers greater functionality than traditional video conferencing at a fraction of the cost, allowing companies to video-enable more types of rooms, including less formal huddle rooms.

4) Wireless content sharing – people in the room and participating remotely have the ability to wirelessly share any type of content (videos, animated PowerPoint presentations, images, etc.) from their laptop, tablet or smartphone. No more plugging in messy cables.

5) Big cost savings by consolidating conferencing applications – Fuze is video conferencing, audio conferencing, web conferencing and so much more. Many customers are consolidating their conferencing applications within Fuze to give users a common tool, while saving a lot of money in the process. Another way customers are saving big is by moving a percentage of their audio conferencing minutes to Fuze’s native VoIP conferencing capabilities. Users can still dial-in using their phone, but leveraging VoIP for even a portion of global calls can translate to huge cost savings. Fun fact: More than 70% of monthly Fuze meetings include VoIP. It is that good!

6) Software-enabled conference rooms – People use meeting rooms for very different scenarios. Fuze for Rooms runs on a Mac mini, which means customers not only have a fully optimized video conferencing solution, but also a powerful computing device for running other applications within the room. Some customers use the device to display the room’s calendar and users can instantly launch the meeting from the calendar entry.

7) Connect to third-party video conferencing and telepresence systems - Fuze for Rooms can easily connect with traditional video conferencing and telepresence systems from Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize and others, making it easy to reach more people both within and outside of your organization. With the Fuze Telepresence Connect service enabled, users can easily dial-out to hardware-based video conferencing systems, or allow them to connect into a Fuze meeting.

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http://blog.fuze.com/web-video-conferencing-the-hidden-tco-goldmine/#commentsThu, 07 Aug 2014 16:42:20 +0000http://blog.fuze.com/?p=2059A new Aragon Research report highlights the collision course of web and video conferencing and how organizations are saving up to 50 percent and increasing overall business value by moving to cloud-based offerings like Fuze. The report describes the market disruption happening and outlines key considerations for evaluating vendor offerings and total cost of ownership

]]>A new Aragon Research report highlights the collision course of web and video conferencing and how organizations are saving up to 50 percent and increasing overall business value by moving to cloud-based offerings like Fuze. The report describes the market disruption happening and outlines key considerations for evaluating vendor offerings and total cost of ownership (TCO).